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willskates/translator
=====================

Translator is a very simple string translation library for PHP.

1.1.0(10y ago)018MITPHPPHP >=5.4

Since Jun 19Pushed 2mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Translator
==========

[](#translator)

Translator is a very simple string translation library for PHP.

Build
-----

[](#build)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8d831871537fb98362fb819408f792ac0952e63c21223f9976291aaada83d9cb/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f57696c6c536b617465732f5472616e736c61746f722e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](http://travis-ci.org/WillSkates/Translator)

How To Install.
---------------

[](#how-to-install)

The best way to install Translator is through composer.

```
{
    "require": {
        "willskates/translator": "1.1.0"
    }
}
```

Usage.
------

[](#usage)

### Creating the Translator Object

[](#creating-the-translator-object)

```
$translator = new Translator();
```

### Setting a Translation.

[](#setting-a-translation)

```
$translator->useTranslation('Hello', 'Hallo');
```

### Getting a Translation.

[](#getting-a-translation)

```
$hello = $translator->translate('Hello');
//The value of $hello is 'Hallo'.
```

### Setting a list of translations.

[](#setting-a-list-of-translations)

```
$translator->useTranslations(
    [
        'Hello' => 'Hallo',
        'Goodbye' => 'auf Wiedersehen'
    ]
);
```

### Getting a list of translations.

[](#getting-a-list-of-translations)

```
$german = $translator->translations();

//$german is an array, assuming they were set it will contain ['Hello' => 'Hallo', 'Goodbye' => 'auf Wiedersehen'].
```

### Setting and using the default language.

[](#setting-and-using-the-default-language)

```
$deTranslator = new Translator();

$deTranslator->useTranslations(
    [
        'Hello' => 'Hallo',
        'Goodbye' => 'auf Wiedersehen'
    ]
);

$hello = $deTranslator->translate('Hello'); //Hallo
$goodbye = $deTranslator->translate('Goodbye'); //auf Wiedersehen

$broTranslator = new Translator();

$broTranslator->useTranslations(
    [
        'Hello' => 'Yo',
        'Goodbye' => 'Piece!'
    ]
);

$hello = $broTranslator->translate('Hello'); //Yo
$goodbye = $broTranslator->translate('Goodbye'); //Piece!
```

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance57

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~482 days

Total

3

Last Release

3794d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8dc0128a6930aa3fe58c3edca03a777a09229d97f6bfda9e01d0c81ca990c656?d=identicon)[WillSkates](/maintainers/WillSkates)

---

Top Contributors

[![WillSkates](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/136816?v=4)](https://github.com/WillSkates "WillSkates (2 commits)")

---

Tags

phptranslation

###  Code Quality

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